House Speaker Martin Romualdez has reiterated President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s stance that the Philippines is a "friend of all and enemy to none" amid the country's apparent security and defense talks with Japan. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left) and President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
TOKYO, Japan — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has stressed the importance of the support given by the Japanese government to the Philippines in undertaking the peace process, saying Filipinos are able to live a good life because of it. Malacañang photo Marcos said this during a...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We were delighted to see our old friend and fellow Pangasinense, the US-based Roger Oriel, who owns and publishes the popular Asian Journal newspaper, with circulation in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York City, and New...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian ministers at the end of two-day talks in Indonesia on Saturday urged Myanmar's junta to implement a five-point peace plan agreed two years ago to create a path towards ending the country's political crisis. Indonesia -- Southeast Asia's biggest economy -- is...
In line with its efforts to make the K to 12 curriculum relevant in producing job-ready, active, and responsible citizens, the Department of Education (DepEd) will priories the improvement of literacy and numeracy programs as well as the integration of “peace competencies” in the revised K to...
BAGUIO CITY – The grand opening of the Panagbenga Festival here on Wednesday, Feb. 1, was generally peaceful, police said. POLICE line up on Session Road in Baguio City to secure the grand opening parade of the Panagbenga Festival on Feb. 1. (Photo via Zaldy Comanda) City police chief Col....
Consul General Ishikawa Yoshihisa, of the Japan Consul General Office in Davao, committed to support the military’s peacekeeping initiatives in Mindanao. Photo: Western Mindanao Command / WestMinCom Ishikawa made the pledge when he visited the headquarters of the Western Mindanao Command...
Deletion by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) of one’s name in its blacklist is easy if you fork over from P1 million to P5 million. This information surfaced during a public hearing by the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee where the name of an alien, particularly Chinese, could be...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. In February 2011, demonstrations broke out in the Libyan City of Benghazi, which eventually led to the tragic death of Muammar Gaddafi in October the same year at his hometown of Sirte, located between the capital Tripoli and Benghazi....
CAMP. GEN. MIGUEL MALVAR, Batangas City – Police apprehended 43 wanted persons and seized almost ₱612,000 worth of illegal drugs in a week-long anti-crime operation in Batangas. Col. Pedro D. Soliba, Batangas police director, said 102 drug suspects were arrested in 90 operations from...
PEACE-MAKER Former Speaker of the House Jose C. De Venecia Jr. We are saddened by the continuing economic crisis in Lebanon, which the World Bank has earlier described as “the most devastating multi-pronged crisis in its modern history.” The ongoing political deadlock in parliament has the...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – The province of Apayao and 14 municipalities were named the most peaceful places in the Cordillera during the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Command Conference here on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Brig. Gen. Mafelino Bazar, regional police director, who presided over the...